PERSEVERE AND PROSPER.

that seems to me to be untrue in the story.
I believe it myself.”

“Oh very well, then, I will believe it,
too. Are you ready to begin? I hope hey
will not come home till it is finished.”

Auntie Mimmie then related the “ Legend
of the Fair Down,” which I would willingly
relate to you, only that it is rather too long
to put into this little book.

When it was over, Arthur had just time
to ask his aunt a few questions concerning
the Sea Kings and their ways of living, and
to assure her he had never heard or read a
prettier story—when his uncles and aunts
and Fanny came in. Shortly after, the bell
was rung, and then grandpapa and grand-
mamma came in to prayers. Uncle Walter
took his seat at a small table, where there
were a great Bible and prayer-book. The
ervants came in, and then all the family
sat down to prayers. Immediately after-
wards, Arthur and Fanny wished every one
good night, and went to bed, This ended
Arthur’s first evening at Fairdown.

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